EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-29
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Denis Naughten (IND), Roscommon-Galway

The cost associated with the 450 MW is €27, while the cost of the 200 MW already under way is €12, giving us a total of €39. I apologise, I was €1 out, but that is roughly the cost we are talking about. If that is applied and the PSO is negative, that is €40 less those families will get back. We have stipulated in this legislation that if there is a saving to be made, it would be passed back to families. Ultimately, this money is being taken out of the pockets of families to subsidise electricity going into data centres. That is it in black and white and the Minister should not try to misrepresent it here in the House.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-29